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Dover Puzzle Games Ser.: String Figures and How to Make Them by Caroline F. Jayne (1962, Trade Paperback)

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Fullest, clearest instruction on string figures from around the world: Eskimo, Navajo, Lapp, European, more. Cat's cradle, moving spear, lightning, stars. 950 illustrations.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
048620152x
ISBN-13
9780486201528
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038310797

Product Key Features

Book Title
String Figures and How to Make Them
Author
Caroline F. Jayne
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Crafts & Hobbies, Puzzles
Publication Year
1962
Genre
Games & Activities, Juvenile Nonfiction
Number of Pages
448 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz

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Fifth Grade
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Table of Content
Introduction I. Distribution of String Figures Native Names Methods First Recorded Ethnological Value of String Games Relations of Finished Patterns Made by Different Races Relations of Native Methods How String Figures are Made Different Openings Nomenclature Adopted Typical Movements Described Explanation of the Descriptions and the Drawings II. "Opening Movements, Known as First Position and Opening A" Figures Beginning with Opening A An Apache Door Fighting Head-Hunters A Sunset Osage Diamonds Osage Two Diamonds Dressing a Skin A Fish-Speak A Sea-Snake A Kingfish Bagobo Diamonds Bagobo Two Diamonds III. Figures Beginning with Opening A (Continued) Many Stars An Owl A Second Owl A Third Owl Seven Bars Two-Horned Star Two Coyotes Big Star North Star Carrying Wood Owl's Net Two Elks A Rabbit The Sun IV. Figures Beginning with Opening A (Continued) A Well Fence Around a Well A Crab A Trigger Fish Rattlesnake and a Boy Two Skunks Two Foxes Two Squirrels Leashing of Lochiel's Dogs Two Hogans A Cariboo A Circle Two Stars Casting the Fish-Spear An Arrow A Porcupine V. Figures Beginning with Opening A (Continued) A Caroline Islands Catch Circles and Triangles Ten Men A Variation of Ten Men Caroline Islands Triangles Carrying Money House of the Blos-Bird Three Stars No Name Coral A Man Two Chiefs A Man and a Bed A Palm Tree A Canoe with Two Masts A House Figures Beginning with a Modification of Opening A--W--M VI. Figures which Do Not Begin with Opening A A Bow Lightning A Butterfly A Worm Twin Stars A Lizard Little Fishes Storm Clouds One Hogan An Apache Teepee Tallow Dips One Chief Caroline Islands Diamonds A Turtle Ten Times VII. Figures which Do Not Begin with Opening A (Continued) Pigmy Diamonds A Mouth Two Little Boys Running Away A Little Fish that Hides in the Mud A Little Boy Carrying Wood A Second Worm A Brush House A Six-Pointed Star The Breastbone and Ribs A Bird's-Nest Two Boys Fighting for an Arrow Flint and Steel The Real Cat's-Cradle VIII. Tricks and Catches A Torres Straits Lizard Hanging The Mouse A Dravidian Trick A Finger Catch A Fly on the Nose A Thumb Catch Will You have a Yam? Threading a Closed Loop A Saw Mill IX. A Few Eskimo and Indian Games from Alaska Figures Known only from the Finished Patterns Nauru Figures Eskimo Figures Hawaiian Figures A Zuni Figure Australian Figures X. Geographical Distribution of String Figures g Figures A Few Invented Figures The Scarab The Lozenge The Square Variation of Coral Two Dolphins Variation of the Crab Second Variation of Ten Men Bibliography Index
Target Audience
Trade
Series
Dover Puzzle Games Ser.
Illustrated
Yes

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